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University Director Arnold Boon sends his warm wishes for a lovely summer holiday in this summer-blog, and gives his "six month-forecast" for the administration at AU. Sustainability, WPA and the division of Science and Technology are among the subjects.

In the years following haematological cancer, one in five survivors suffer a blood clot or bleeding which requires hospital treatment. A new comprehensive survey from Aarhus University could contribute to the prevention of these serious complications.

Pregnant women with migraine have an increased risk of miscarriage, caesarean sections and giving birth to a child with low birth weight. This is shown by a comprehensive register-based study from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital. The study also suggests that prescription migraine drugs may alleviate the complications.

Consultant Thomas Fichtner Bendtsen from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital conducts research into pain relief after hip, knees and ankle surgery – without the use of morphine. He has now received funding to expand his field of research in a five-year clinical professorship.

AU has adopted a number of basic principles for the university's four graduate schools. The principles will help establish a common foundation for educating the next generations of researchers to our challenge conventional wisdom with ground-breaking and independent research.

Researchers from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital have succeeded in using mice with a transplanted human immune system to study functions in the immune system which are otherwise particularly difficult to study. The method could turn out to be important in further research into e.g. cancer, HIV and autoimmune diseases.